Polar Unit Study- Preschool

Getting Started Our first unit in our habitat studies was our Polar Unit study. We chose to start with the Arctic and Antarctica regions because these regions are simpler in many ways than other regions: they are mostly snow and ice and have less animal diversity compared to many other areas of the world. The…

When I first started planning our Arctic Diorama, I had planned for us to make it at the end of our Polar Unit Study (for Preschoolers). I thought it would be a fun way to finish off our unit. But once the kids saw the little toy Arctic animals and found out what we were…

Game 1: Crisco Bag Blubber Game This was one of our favorite games while studying our Polar Unit (for preschool ages). Blubber is important for polar animals’ survival in the polar regions, especially when they’re in the cold water, and this game was a great hands-on way to learn about how it works using ingredients…

Here’s a list of our favorite books we used for our preschool polar unit study. We used these for ages 3 and 4.5 but they could easily be enjoyed by older and even younger kids. We found all of these books at our local library. They’re also available on Amazon (links provided below for your…